Wilma Ellis

She was born June 24, 1931, in Noble County, Ind., to Chester D. and Nellie L. (Harding) Wurtsbaugh.

Living all her life in LaGrange County, she was a homemaker and worked at Paramount in Sturgis, Mich., for 22 years and Argos Wire Plant in Argos, Ind., for five years. She was a volunteer at LaGrange County Clothes and Food Basket for five years and she organized the Sharing Doll Club in 1990.

She was married March 27, 1982, in Lynn, Ind., to John V. Ellis. He survives.